SoHo Broadway News Roundup for September 2025

SoHo Broadway News: A selection of relevant articles from the past month

For the benefit of our stakeholders, the SoHo Broadway Initiative is providing a monthly curated collection of recent news articles about the district and SoHo or issues relevant to neighborhood improvement districts like ours. What’s been happening over the past month? Read on!:

• 8/1/25 – Crosby Street Hotel: Where Art, Design, and Soho’s Energy Meet (DSCENE)
• 8/1/25 – Mayor Vetoes Council Bill to Eliminate Misdemeanors for Street Vending Offenses (City Limits)
• 8/4/25 – Madison Realty Capital Lends $57M for SoHo Condo Tower Development (Commercial Observer)
• 8/7/25 – After deadly Chinatown crash, NYC makes long-sought safety upgrades on Canal Street (Gothamist)
• 8/7/25 – New York City street food vendors speak out about permit scammer targeting them (ABC 7)
• 8/9/25 – Can Street Vendors Set Up Right Outside My Building? (New York Times)
• 8/11/25 – As SoHo retail space wanes, high-end brands head to the Upper East Side (Crain’s New York Business)
• 8/12/25 – Street Vendors in New York Fear Being Targeted By Immigration Crackdown After Mayor Adams’ Veto: ‘We Are Not Criminals – (Latin Times)
• 8/13/25 – Keeping It Personal in SoHo – (New York Social Diary)
• 8/14/25 – NYC Council preps to override 3 Eric Adams vetoes (City and State New York)
• 8/15/25 – ‘Call it a comeback’: Manhattan foot traffic finally tops pre-pandemic times (Gothamist)
• 8/15/25 – SoHo building with French eatery on the ground floor trades for $23M (Crain’s New York Business)
• 8/18/25 – Luxembourg-based firm buys mixed-use SoHo building for $21 million (Crain’s New York Business)
• 8/18/25 – At This New York City Hotspot, You Could Be Sipping Martinis Next to Taylor Swift (Hotels Above Par)
• 8/20/25 – Developer behind Rockaway Hotel buys second SoHo building in two weeks (Crain’s New York Business)
• 8/20/25 – Former Vatican chef cooks up divinely-inspired dishes at new restaurant in SoHo (ABC 7)
• 8/20/25 – Austrian Bakery Martin Auer Expands to Manhattan’s SoHo with Strategic Real Estate Support (citybuzz)
• 8/20/25 – NYC says rats are on the run as trash rules kick in and bins pile up (Gothamist)
• 8/22/25 – New York City gives self-driving taxi firm Waymo the green light on pilot program (The Gothamist)
• 8/22/25 – The Sloomoo Institute: An Immersive Sensory Slime Sensation in Soho (New York Family)
• 8/22/25 – Tecnovas’ Newest Store Brings a Taste of Austin to New York City, Marking the Western Brand’s 50th Location (WWD)
• 8/26/25 – Class A SoHo office building heads to foreclosure (Crain’s New York Business)
• 8/28/25 – Oasis fans line up at official pop-up fan store in SoHo (CBS New York)
• 8/29/25 – 430 West Broadway Completes Construction in SoHo, Manhattan (New York YIMBY)
• 8/29/25 – Opinion: Mayor Adams, it’s time to protect immigrant street vendors (City & State New York)
• 8/30/25 – The Nader Hood: Inside Brooks Nader and sisters’ massive $11.5 million NYC penthouse featuring 3 terraces and and outdoor shower (The Sun U.S.)